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Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

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It follows the EcoBoost gasolineengined Tourneo Courier that opens for order this summer, with initial deliveries before the end of 2023. liter EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline engine enters production later in 2023. The all-electric model Tourneo Courier will arrive in 2024 for customers across Europe.

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Fiat 875cc TwinAir named International Engine of the Year 2011

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Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir engine ( earlier post ) was named the International Engine of the Year 2011. The top award for the two-cylinder turbo was Fiat’s first, and only the second time a sub-1-liter engine took the top prize (the first being Toyota’s 1-liter Yaris VVT-i engine in 1999. Compared with a 1.2-liter

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Ford reveals E-Transit Courier

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Customers will be able to order gasoline- and diesel-engine Transit Courier models from summer 2023 for delivery before the end of the year. The all-new Transit Courier is first available in 2023 with a range of fuel-efficient gasoline and diesel engines.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The Wave Disc Engine. Source: MSU.

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Ford launches production of 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine; could reach 1.3M units per year worldwide in future

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Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally launched volume production of Ford’s smallest gasoline engine—the 1.0-liter, liter, turbocharged, direct injection EcoBoost engine ( earlier post )—at Ford’s Cologne (Germany) Engine Plant. litre EcoBoost engine in early 2012. liter EcoBoost engines per year.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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The power unit is the complete all-electric assembly that replaces the engine and transmission in a conventional gasoline or diesel engine vehicle. A new light commercial vehicle being built by Ford’s vehicle assembly operations in Craiova, Romania, also will include an all-electric derivative from 2024. billion (US$3.4

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Clariant announces 4th license deal for sunliquid technology; first Bulgarian cellulosic ethanol project

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In the fall of 2018 Clariant also broke ground for its first-of-its-kind commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant in Podari, Romania. The produced cellulosic ethanol will be used as a gasoline additive to fulfill the country’s blending mandate for advanced biofuels, as laid out in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II.

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